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obama, they're coming for you. >> whoo. >> as soon as the bull comes out, obama, don't you move. he's going to get you, get you, get you, get you! >> that video was filmed by perry bean who also reported another clown ran up and started bobbling the lips on the mask. here's how he characterized that scene on "the today show." >> like an effigy at a klan rally. ed there have been no reason to mess with his lips if he had been a white president. playing on that stereotype, he had to go up there and diddle with his lips. >> the organizers of the taxpayer-funded event apologized last night. the clown has been banned from performing there ever again. >>> next up, new york mayoral candidate anthony weiner seems to be in on the joke these days. he was marching in the dominican day parade over the weekend when he reportedly grabbed a giant plantain from a woman in the crowd and waved it around. if this latest photo op seems odd even for him you might be onto the something. "the new york post" is reporting that the candidate is being filmed for a potential documentary. so maybe he was jus
obama, they're coming for you. >> whoo. >> as soon as the bull comes out, obama, don't you move. he's going to get you, get you, get you, get you! >> that video was filmed by perry bean who also reported another clown ran up and started bobbling the lips on the mask. here's how he characterized that scene on "the today show." >> like an effigy at a klan rally. ed there have been no reason to mess with his lips if he had been a white president. playing on that...
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and without obama care we would have no health insurance. i would like to ask you and the republican party to answer the questions, why do i not have a moral right and access to health care, and why not fund obama care, and could save billions over the next ten years? >> turns out there is nothing in the how to stoke fury during the august recess mid-term, there is nothing in that guide when somebody actually turns up who likes obama care. despite all best efforts to make sure that they stuck to the script, the town hall was actually a town hall, becoming a real exchange between the constituents and their representatives. apparently making all involved unsettled. and maybe that is a good thing. and now conservative and liberal groups are putting out web casts to find out when they're doing a town hall near you. this august, nobody likes giving up a season for when we didn't have politics for now that we do have politics, and if august is the time where we have real unscripted conversations about policy issues, that may not be so bad. we have
and without obama care we would have no health insurance. i would like to ask you and the republican party to answer the questions, why do i not have a moral right and access to health care, and why not fund obama care, and could save billions over the next ten years? >> turns out there is nothing in the how to stoke fury during the august recess mid-term, there is nothing in that guide when somebody actually turns up who likes obama care. despite all best efforts to make sure that they...
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not far from san diego president obama addressed military sex assaults on his visit to marines at camp pendleton yestery. >> no military unit can succeed without discipline, without trust and without cohesion, and that's why we are going to work together, all of us, to stop these crimes of sexual assault and uphold the honor and the integrity that defines the finest military on earth. and that message is coming all the way from the top. >> and today politico has obtained internal pentagon memos for the next steps by chuck hagel to tackle this important and unspoken about issue. more advocacy to victims, more frequent looking into claims and the president has been no stranger to modernizing our military, from repealing don't ask don't tell and letting women serve alongside men in combat. should he do more? can he do more? remember, top military brass are notorious for their resistance to change. that's a really important point, the last point about the resistance to change. that's why i feel like the president speaking out about this yesterday when he was thinking our military was not o
not far from san diego president obama addressed military sex assaults on his visit to marines at camp pendleton yestery. >> no military unit can succeed without discipline, without trust and without cohesion, and that's why we are going to work together, all of us, to stop these crimes of sexual assault and uphold the honor and the integrity that defines the finest military on earth. and that message is coming all the way from the top. >> and today politico has obtained internal...
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part of what we have to do in the era of obama's disaster we have to get by being anti-obama and convince people you can have hope in america. >> hope for republicans nationally is what the party clings to because at the moment that's all they got. that much is evident if you read politico this morning which reported that they see the party on a national level as veering towards destruction. "it's almost impossible to find an establishment republican in town who is not down right morose about the 2013 that has been and is about to be. they see this year as a disaster-in-the-making even if most elected republicans don't know it or ad it it requested. politico said threats of government shutdown and default and republicans are out. republicans have alienated an array of voting blocks. thanks to hyper partisan districts republicans have less to fear locally especially when it comes to their control of the house. nationally, however, it's a different story. jonathan allen is the senior washington correspondent with politico. sam stein is an msnbc contributor with "huffington post." jonathan t
part of what we have to do in the era of obama's disaster we have to get by being anti-obama and convince people you can have hope in america. >> hope for republicans nationally is what the party clings to because at the moment that's all they got. that much is evident if you read politico this morning which reported that they see the party on a national level as veering towards destruction. "it's almost impossible to find an establishment republican in town who is not down right...
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because they would vote for barack obama? there is a direct correlation between the voter suppression laws that we see going on the books now and the attempt on the african-american vote. when you put all these together, in concert with what up, the reality is that we have got a suppression across the board and it has to be addressed. >> we can talk for hours on it. great to have a great panel. thank you so much. tonight in our survey, i asked you, is the christian conservative campaign against obamacare dangerous for america? 95% of you say yes. 5% of you say no. >>> up next, ted goes loco. and it is landing him in the land of pretenders. how do you do a summer clearance event the dodge way? first wait till summer. then get the cars ready. now add the dodge part. ♪ the dodge summer clearance event. right now get 0% financing for up to 72 months and no payments for 90 days on all dodge vehicles. to a digiorno pizza dinner from walmart can save you over $1,200 a year. the average pizza dinner out costs over $8.00 per meal. a
because they would vote for barack obama? there is a direct correlation between the voter suppression laws that we see going on the books now and the attempt on the african-american vote. when you put all these together, in concert with what up, the reality is that we have got a suppression across the board and it has to be addressed. >> we can talk for hours on it. great to have a great panel. thank you so much. tonight in our survey, i asked you, is the christian conservative campaign...
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it's president obama. interesting thing with heritage action they kick off their town hall tour in arkansas. they are out there. if you look at the numbers of health care coverage in that area it doesn't bear out. in a community that is serviced by the community clinic, you've got 90% of their client base at a household income of 200% under the federal poverty level and 40% of their clients don't have insurance. while this may be good politics and it really rallies up the base, you have to look at the policy and how, in fact, these people that need insurance are going to be covered. don't hear a lot of those positive gop solutions. >> there is confusion out there. politico is pointing out that opposition to obama care exceeds opposition to implementing medicare and says the administration's task in launch is the health law since the creation of medicare in 1965 is hardest thing they have had to face. you would think we would have been able to advance in this highly connected digital age to be able to advan
it's president obama. interesting thing with heritage action they kick off their town hall tour in arkansas. they are out there. if you look at the numbers of health care coverage in that area it doesn't bear out. in a community that is serviced by the community clinic, you've got 90% of their client base at a household income of 200% under the federal poverty level and 40% of their clients don't have insurance. while this may be good politics and it really rallies up the base, you have to look...
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it's not defunding obama care. obama care hasn't been funded. so the real question is will we vote to fund obama care or not, not defund. and it's certainly not the republicans who would shut the government down. it would be president clinton -- president obama. of course i don't think it would get to his desk. but by virtue of him not signing or vetoing the budget. that would shut the government down. >> let me show you something, congressman pittender took a vote to fund obama care even though he tried to explain why it would be pointless. and the crowd did not like what they heard. >> we lose over there, then they come back to us in the house. if you win by going after not only -- we look at your -- and how you're going to win. >> it doesn't matter what harry reid does, we need to show the american people we stand for conservative values -- >> aisha, the passion still seems to be on the right side of the aisle. you're telling me that you think there's potentially a wave coming of democratic support in time for the 2014 cycle, but you don't se
it's not defunding obama care. obama care hasn't been funded. so the real question is will we vote to fund obama care or not, not defund. and it's certainly not the republicans who would shut the government down. it would be president clinton -- president obama. of course i don't think it would get to his desk. but by virtue of him not signing or vetoing the budget. that would shut the government down. >> let me show you something, congressman pittender took a vote to fund obama care even...
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but somehow i think the obama administration has forgotten that narrative. they need a refresher course. in bloomberg's speech, he also said, if retirement costs continue to skyrocket, it could affect the quality of life here in new york city. >> the more a city spends on wages and benefits over what the marg place determines is necessary for recruitment, retention and experience, the less a city can invest in benefits for all of its residents. the less it invests in thing that again fits all residents, the less attractive place it is to live and visit. >> less, less, less. as long we give the wealthy more, more, more. bloomberg is living on the moon. he needs to remember new york city is great today because the workers put their lives on the day as safe as it is. if you hurt police officers and firefighters, the quality of life will hurt the entire city. now, i will say that living in new york, i feel safe. i think the residents appeal the safe. and i feel embarrassed to think there is actually a mayor coming out saying, workers aren't doing enough. that's
but somehow i think the obama administration has forgotten that narrative. they need a refresher course. in bloomberg's speech, he also said, if retirement costs continue to skyrocket, it could affect the quality of life here in new york city. >> the more a city spends on wages and benefits over what the marg place determines is necessary for recruitment, retention and experience, the less a city can invest in benefits for all of its residents. the less it invests in thing that again fits...
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that they're saying right now about obama care. it's like they're pulling out the old material and making the same comparisons and making the fear marketing. the question is, away from the faith for a moment, with all that's gone on, can the democrats win the house back if this kind of behavior continues to show up? they are lying to the american people. >> i don't know, ed, because we need deep structural reform. but what you do know, there are poor people in these jgerimande districts. they should be winning. >> somebody needs to ask the question that the president asked in his press conference. of john boehner, of eric cantor and mitch mcconnell. why do you want 30 million people not to have any kind of medical coverage? >> thank you, martin. >> why do you want that? >> that's a great, profound question and one that needs to be answered. thank you so much. i'm serious. i would like to have an evangelical christian pastor volunteer his time, come to new york, sit with me. we'll do numerous segments on this. explain what is the ch
that they're saying right now about obama care. it's like they're pulling out the old material and making the same comparisons and making the fear marketing. the question is, away from the faith for a moment, with all that's gone on, can the democrats win the house back if this kind of behavior continues to show up? they are lying to the american people. >> i don't know, ed, because we need deep structural reform. but what you do know, there are poor people in these jgerimande districts....
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. >> republicans in congress can stop obama care. >> you will not fund obama care? >> they simply refuse to fund it. >> funding obama care is a huge mistake. >> the hard right is going to take over the republican party in 2016. and the nomination is going to rand paul. >> i don't think that is happening. >> you watch, this is what i do for a living. >> senator paul is in the middle of a tour in kentucky. >> over, i declared a truce. >> there is no love lost between the united states and russia. >> it is town hall season again. >> i think rand paul has a problem. >> this is going to be a long, hot august. >> president obama's meeting with greece's prime minister was over shadowed today by reporter's questions about russia. instead of answering those questions, the president announced he will be having a press conference tomorrow. russia's sport minister had two words today for critics of russia's new anti-gay laws. calm down. that is what he said. speaking at a news conference before the opening of the track and field world championships in moscow, he said the athlet
. >> republicans in congress can stop obama care. >> you will not fund obama care? >> they simply refuse to fund it. >> funding obama care is a huge mistake. >> the hard right is going to take over the republican party in 2016. and the nomination is going to rand paul. >> i don't think that is happening. >> you watch, this is what i do for a living. >> senator paul is in the middle of a tour in kentucky. >> over, i declared a truce. >>...
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this was just say something bad about obama. the black guy in the white house who must be from somewhere else. now they find themselves, especially the folks in texas who i suspect will like that endorse ted cruz if he becomes a serious presidential candidate, now they find themselves in this conundrum where they can't or have real difficulty gymnastically working their way around this. why is he eligible. it's a problem. >> i'm going to stick about that. the ethnic thing is pretty obvious in some cases but john, i guess i would think that in the african-american community, anybody's watching right now in that community would probably say, it's obvious to me they look upon canada as a white country and kenya as a black country and even though it's your mother in both cases it's somehow different. >> i think they probably are with you in how you set up this conversation which is they're -- they're accusing -- well, it's senator cruz has done with the birthers accuse the president of having done which isn't true. >> right. >> so.
this was just say something bad about obama. the black guy in the white house who must be from somewhere else. now they find themselves, especially the folks in texas who i suspect will like that endorse ted cruz if he becomes a serious presidential candidate, now they find themselves in this conundrum where they can't or have real difficulty gymnastically working their way around this. why is he eligible. it's a problem. >> i'm going to stick about that. the ethnic thing is pretty...
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he publicly ridiculed president obama in the united states. there is no great love between what the general has done and his views of the administration and president obama. so we're going to have to find a way in which to use other levers of authority in egypt to rein him in. our values are at stake as much as our relationship is with egypt. >> ambassador, i know you've been very critical of the administration. for sometime, i think most people thought that the money that we send to egypt, that that was our point of leverage with the military. as you point out, it is really not such a point of leverage anymore. what could the administration have done earlier in the process? >> i'm not going to say that the president had a great leverage here. after all, the u.s. popularity in egypt across every cross section of egyptian society is at low ebb. it is not as if we have any great leverage with the egyptian people. at the same time, i would have urged the administration to not merely suspend a military exercise which the egyptians probably would h
he publicly ridiculed president obama in the united states. there is no great love between what the general has done and his views of the administration and president obama. so we're going to have to find a way in which to use other levers of authority in egypt to rein him in. our values are at stake as much as our relationship is with egypt. >> ambassador, i know you've been very critical of the administration. for sometime, i think most people thought that the money that we send to...
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>>> summertime has never been too kind to president obama, at least pollwise. summer 2013 is no exception. every summer his approval ratings take a dive in july, july, and august. right now his numbers have sunk to 45% approval. his rating on the economy is even worse, 35% approve. that's down seven points from june. might be one reason why the president back from vacation is heading out on a multistate bus tour this week where he'll discuss the economy and education and lay the battle lines for the fall budget fights. you know, i think the truth of the matter is at this point there's not a whole lot more than the president could be doing than taking executive actions that he can to help the economy and help the country. he's planning on taking a few executive actions regarding education to help expand pre-k and help provide internet access to schools. that's important. other than what he can do with his executive power, it's not like he'll be able to actually negotiate with this republican congress when this republican can't even negotiate with itself. so i th
>>> summertime has never been too kind to president obama, at least pollwise. summer 2013 is no exception. every summer his approval ratings take a dive in july, july, and august. right now his numbers have sunk to 45% approval. his rating on the economy is even worse, 35% approve. that's down seven points from june. might be one reason why the president back from vacation is heading out on a multistate bus tour this week where he'll discuss the economy and education and lay the battle...
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this saturday, president obama will deliver a speech on those same steps. martin luther king iii joins us. the president has a tough act to follow to put it lightly, he's got to stand on those steps where your dad stood. and gave after the second inaugural of lincoln, the second american speech every given. that wasn't supposed to be the speech that day, was it? >> well, i don't know -- >> people tell me that he sort of was inspired or somebody yelled him to tell them the dream speech, reverend. >> that certainly is true. but he had delivered conversions of that speech on several occasions and so i think that certainly that demonstration inspired him particularly. could i just correct one thing, just for the record? the 24th is the march that reverend sharpton and i and others are calling for. but the president actually speaks on the 28th which is the day, wednesday, which is the actual day that dad delivered the "i have a dream" speech. so there are several activities that are going on. >> distinguish the two of them. what's their different relevance? >> t
this saturday, president obama will deliver a speech on those same steps. martin luther king iii joins us. the president has a tough act to follow to put it lightly, he's got to stand on those steps where your dad stood. and gave after the second inaugural of lincoln, the second american speech every given. that wasn't supposed to be the speech that day, was it? >> well, i don't know -- >> people tell me that he sort of was inspired or somebody yelled him to tell them the dream...
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barack obama is leading the country in the wrong direction. i'm a guy not willing to go along to get along. his message, i don't think there's a question really does resound there. >> another man whose message resounds there, when you consider the fact it was last year that rick santorum won the iowa caucuses, he made the headlines attacking the romney campaign, crediting president obama where he described it, at least making an effort to do the same. he's hardly a moderate. how does the party expand its base when see the more conservative candidates? >> taking more of an economic populous approach, you don't retreat on conservatism, but appeal to more working class americans by reaching out to them. the challenge, of course, is policy and ultimately that's where it gets tough for some in a working class americans where polling shows like government programs to a certain degree. as far as santorum in iowa goes, he did it the old fashioned way in 2012. all 99 counties, he courted voter by voter and it paid off for him in the caucuses. the chall
barack obama is leading the country in the wrong direction. i'm a guy not willing to go along to get along. his message, i don't think there's a question really does resound there. >> another man whose message resounds there, when you consider the fact it was last year that rick santorum won the iowa caucuses, he made the headlines attacking the romney campaign, crediting president obama where he described it, at least making an effort to do the same. he's hardly a moderate. how does the...
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you say, hey, the obama campaign did something really different. we hear a lot about these political celebrities, the ad men, et cetera. you say the soul of the campaign was this vaunted field operation, the door knockers. and that obama, especially in the re-election, managed to fuse them with the internet in a new way. what happened there? >> well, the soul of the campaign is the ground operation because obama had always said i want this to be a grassroots operation. what they did was took what they had done in 2008, which seemed pretty significant and mold breaking, and just went beyond it by a significant margin. their ability to marry up new technology, to take advantage of social media, to develop new software tools, all of which were designed to make them more efficient on the street so that it was this combination of very high-tech work that they had done to know more about the voters than any previous campaign and then to arm the volunteers on the street with that information so that, for example, they could go on one street and instead of
you say, hey, the obama campaign did something really different. we hear a lot about these political celebrities, the ad men, et cetera. you say the soul of the campaign was this vaunted field operation, the door knockers. and that obama, especially in the re-election, managed to fuse them with the internet in a new way. what happened there? >> well, the soul of the campaign is the ground operation because obama had always said i want this to be a grassroots operation. what they did was...
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part of what we have to do in the era of obama's disaster is we have to get beyond being anti-obama and we have to reconvince people you can have hope in america. that we can have a better future. >> hope for republicans nationally is what the party cling to because at the moment it's all they've got. that much was evident in you read politico this morning which reported that the republican establishment sees the party on the national level as veering toward destruction. they report that an "it's almost impossible to find an establishment republican in town who's not down right more rose about the 2013 that has been and is about to be. they see this year as a disaster in the making even if most elected republicans don't know the it or admit it, the party's wounds are many and they're all self-inflicked. poe at this time cosays threats of government shutdown and debt default have ended all hopes of proving that republicans are not insane when it comes to governing. thanks to out of mainstream reactions on issues like immigration, voting rights, marriage equality and women's rights, repub
part of what we have to do in the era of obama's disaster is we have to get beyond being anti-obama and we have to reconvince people you can have hope in america. that we can have a better future. >> hope for republicans nationally is what the party cling to because at the moment it's all they've got. that much was evident in you read politico this morning which reported that the republican establishment sees the party on the national level as veering toward destruction. they report that...
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on the agenda today, president obama is meeting with key regulators on reforms in the banks. he wants a progress report and already many of the banks are concerned that lenders are going to push back and cause this those two banks to shrink. >>> and oprah gave a good push to the butler this week. >> indeed. she's a big star for the small screen, it appears that she brings a big punch for the big screen as well. the other three bold. kick ass 2, jobs and pair know ya, they didn't bring any extra seats. >> jobs, i still want to see even though we're going to talk about that disappointment. thank you so much. >>> so, the first steve jobs movie with ashton kutcher, it bold. $6.7 million. we need a new line in the pipeline to talk about one for the whole year. our question, who should be the topic of the next great hollywood biopic and who should star? >>> still ahead -- a-rod the story in boston. nothing to do with drugs or suspensions. we'll show you what happened after the game. >>> also the police add a new tool to the war on drugs. that would be doritos. >>> that and our weat
on the agenda today, president obama is meeting with key regulators on reforms in the banks. he wants a progress report and already many of the banks are concerned that lenders are going to push back and cause this those two banks to shrink. >>> and oprah gave a good push to the butler this week. >> indeed. she's a big star for the small screen, it appears that she brings a big punch for the big screen as well. the other three bold. kick ass 2, jobs and pair know ya, they didn't...
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obama's going to have to just stay there. watch out for those bulls. and president obama. >> hey. i know a clown. just because he goes around acting like one doesn't mean he is one. >> the state's democratic senator claire mccaskill called the stunt shameful and unacceptable. republican lieutenant governor peter kinder tweeted on sunday the missouri state fair celebrates missouri and our people. i condemn the actions disrespectful to potus the other night. we are better than this. and today democratic missouri governor jay nixon called the incident "inappropriate and offensive" and said that he will have the office of administration review the state fair's contracts. according to the state budget director, the state fair is partly funded by taxpayer money. more than $550,000 comes from a state tax on wine and grapes. joining me now, perry beam, who was at the missouri state fair on saturday night and posted the picture of the obama rodeo clown that went viral. perry, what was your feelings when you were watching that? >> i was disgusted, mr. o'donnell. that kind of display doesn't
obama's going to have to just stay there. watch out for those bulls. and president obama. >> hey. i know a clown. just because he goes around acting like one doesn't mean he is one. >> the state's democratic senator claire mccaskill called the stunt shameful and unacceptable. republican lieutenant governor peter kinder tweeted on sunday the missouri state fair celebrates missouri and our people. i condemn the actions disrespectful to potus the other night. we are better than this....
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he blamed president obama for problems with rand paul's toilet. he h he's in close association with alex jones. his chance is close to zero. >> do you agree with that? you said it's interesting to see rand paul and chris christie take one another on on. they had been feuding. rand paul offered to have a beer with chris christie if h he wam came to washington. h he said he called the the truce. a one-way truce. is that what he needs to do for the long game? >> he h's transformed. within the last six months he's narrowed and started tacking more to the middle. when he talks about immigration it's very different for rand paul. he realizes he needs to change the conversation. when he talks about drones it talks about the base in the united states, about people worried about the national security and privacy. i see him becoming -- toning down the voice to become more moderate and appealing. that doesn't necessarily mean when it comes toe to toe with hillary clinton that he h won't become more of an idealogue. i do think he's changing his feathers for n
he blamed president obama for problems with rand paul's toilet. he h he's in close association with alex jones. his chance is close to zero. >> do you agree with that? you said it's interesting to see rand paul and chris christie take one another on on. they had been feuding. rand paul offered to have a beer with chris christie if h he wam came to washington. h he said he called the the truce. a one-way truce. is that what he needs to do for the long game? >> he h's transformed....
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there's been a dip in approval under president obama. >> leigh, you think that's just obama's transition to presidency over bush? because that last poll was in 2007 and what else would it say? >> i think that has a lot to do with it. i think the world is looking to us for a number of reasons. you know, but i think that it's, you know, i think the timing has a lot to do with it. that was a long time ago. i think under president obama i think our global image has improved. >> joe, you can't forget how unpopular we were at the end of the bush presidency, right? >> no doubt about it. i mean, things were going poorly. of course, we're still having some problems in the middle east but across the rest of the world, across europe, those numbers are certainly up. you know, ed rendell, we've been looking at polls out of kentucky. looks like mitch mcconnell hasn't had a lot of excitement on his side. he's been tied with the challenger. the news yesterday, not news that any of us running in a political campaign would want, and there was a clip, let's throw to this clip where like do we have the actu
there's been a dip in approval under president obama. >> leigh, you think that's just obama's transition to presidency over bush? because that last poll was in 2007 and what else would it say? >> i think that has a lot to do with it. i think the world is looking to us for a number of reasons. you know, but i think that it's, you know, i think the timing has a lot to do with it. that was a long time ago. i think under president obama i think our global image has improved. >>...
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so president obama really has said assad has to go. not going unless the change the circumstances on the ground. iran discussing where they're going with their nuclear tarms weapons program. these are things that the russians have accumulated. it's important that president putin and president obama get together as soon as possible. >> the speaker's office put out a statement today saying that this proves that the so-called reset with russia has failed. >> it hasn't failed. it's a tough relationship, but i think the situation in russia is that they are sort of the rodney danger field of europe, that they can't get no respect and i think president putin says, no, we need to be respected. we may not be a super power but we're a power. the energy field is there. they intend to get respect. we've made some progress. it's a very tough relationship. it's likely to be for some years to come but it's likely that we have a modus operandi. we have to find a way to live together and make sure things don't get out of control. >> we have the terribl
so president obama really has said assad has to go. not going unless the change the circumstances on the ground. iran discussing where they're going with their nuclear tarms weapons program. these are things that the russians have accumulated. it's important that president putin and president obama get together as soon as possible. >> the speaker's office put out a statement today saying that this proves that the so-called reset with russia has failed. >> it hasn't failed. it's a...
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care. >> obama should have been beaten. hillary's going to be tougher to beat. >> so hillary clinton was not in iowa, but there were plenty of people who hope she will be soon enough, including missouri senator claire mccaskill. >> we have to have millions of people engaged and ready for what will be a pivotal race in america's history. and that is about getting everyone excited now about what i hope will be that moment in 2017 when we all get to say madam president to hillary clinton. [ applause ] >> so vice president joe biden reportedly spent his weekend in the hamptons, but he did have iowa on the brain because aides are confirming he's headed to the state next month for tom harkin's an july steak fry. all this 2016 coverage now is very, very early, isn't it, guys? but let's start out with it seems like we're seeing the same cast in iowa singing the same political song but expecting a different outcome. i want to the start with rick santorum, who has recently in the last couple weeks on "meet the press," has not discoun
care. >> obama should have been beaten. hillary's going to be tougher to beat. >> so hillary clinton was not in iowa, but there were plenty of people who hope she will be soon enough, including missouri senator claire mccaskill. >> we have to have millions of people engaged and ready for what will be a pivotal race in america's history. and that is about getting everyone excited now about what i hope will be that moment in 2017 when we all get to say madam president to hillary...
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>> president obama has more to lose. this continuing general perception that he's weak on foreign policy. that was a real opportunity there to work with the russians to get snowden back. putin, if he wasn't backed into a corner by a lack of american correct foreign policy -- >> really? that's -- >> henry kissinger would have been involved, or someone of that stature. somebody who understands foreign policy. this could have all been avoided. the russians are not acting with them, no question about it. president obama did the right thing by not going to the summit. the question is, what's the next step. specifically what's the next step on syria. >> perry, president obama spending a lot of time in the last few days, friday's news conference devoted to defending the nsa surveillance program. friday he admitted that the program is under review. but again, depending on who you talk to, that's about all he admitted. how did the president's comments -- how did they change the debate over the nsa program? or did they change the
>> president obama has more to lose. this continuing general perception that he's weak on foreign policy. that was a real opportunity there to work with the russians to get snowden back. putin, if he wasn't backed into a corner by a lack of american correct foreign policy -- >> really? that's -- >> henry kissinger would have been involved, or someone of that stature. somebody who understands foreign policy. this could have all been avoided. the russians are not acting with...
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going to stomp obama now. >> let me tell these people who we got helping, obama is going to have to just stay there. obama, watch out for those bulls. >> hey, i know i'm a clown. he just running around acting like one, doesn't know he is one. are you ready? obama, they're coming for you this time. whoo. >> as soon as this fool comes out, obama, don't you move. he's going to get you, get you, get you, get you! >> one person in the crowd compared it to an effigy at a klan rally. very quickly, there was bipartisan condemnation, and the ringleader clown who talked about, quote, getting obama, was permanently banned by fair officials. while both those things are to be expected given the offensive display, what you might be surprised by is the strong reaction from the right. sean hannity, rush limbaugh and glenn beck have all rallied to the defense of the clown. a support group on facebook popped up and some members of congress chimed in. steve stockman released a statement saying "liberals want to the crush dissent by isolating and polarizing anyone who questions obama even if it's a clo
going to stomp obama now. >> let me tell these people who we got helping, obama is going to have to just stay there. obama, watch out for those bulls. >> hey, i know i'm a clown. he just running around acting like one, doesn't know he is one. are you ready? obama, they're coming for you this time. whoo. >> as soon as this fool comes out, obama, don't you move. he's going to get you, get you, get you, get you! >> one person in the crowd compared it to an effigy at a klan...
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obama has been working on this. thing is a tieme of year he wans to get some things done before he does take vacation. the war is winding down but our veterans, especially the disabled veterans are still here. i think part of this is a bid to find some issues where you can find agreement with republicans in the house. in the days in speeches preceding this he's talked about middle class agenda and tax cuts and blaming republicans. here he wasn't playing the blame game but laying out a case if there could be one to find common ground, if for nothing else, to help disabled veterans and other veterans in the areas he talked about, job, physical and mental health, suicide prevention and show them that the nation's not going to forget. >> i feel like you were reading my top lines between my producer and me. we were saying exactly that during the speech. david, let's talk about what happened in the news conference yesterday the president gave from the white house. specifically to the relationship with vladmir putin. the p
obama has been working on this. thing is a tieme of year he wans to get some things done before he does take vacation. the war is winding down but our veterans, especially the disabled veterans are still here. i think part of this is a bid to find some issues where you can find agreement with republicans in the house. in the days in speeches preceding this he's talked about middle class agenda and tax cuts and blaming republicans. here he wasn't playing the blame game but laying out a case if...
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this is the secret war being waged by the obama administration. i think we are seeing that in bits and pieces like h this news from yemen just yesterday. >> from a white house standpoint, those two things aren't contradictory. evacuating americans and saying that al qaeda is on the run. in fact, it shows that the intelligence is working. >> that's what the white house -- yes. that's the intention behind the message here. i think the president needses to be careful here, especially with the continued drone strikes. there are a lot of members in congress who are wary of the use of drones still. he could encounter pushback on capitol hill. not necessarily but as it becomes common practice it could encounter criticism. >> a lot of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle supported the president. there is critics who say the embassy shut downs were an over reaction after benghazi. how is the administration navigating that? >> they are trying to bring in members of congress and keep them apprised of what's happening in order to avoid the pushback they recei
this is the secret war being waged by the obama administration. i think we are seeing that in bits and pieces like h this news from yemen just yesterday. >> from a white house standpoint, those two things aren't contradictory. evacuating americans and saying that al qaeda is on the run. in fact, it shows that the intelligence is working. >> that's what the white house -- yes. that's the intention behind the message here. i think the president needses to be careful here, especially...
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>> well, alex, president obama defending his health care law. of course there was the delay of the employer man tate. he is making the case that ultimately this will be better into the majority of americans. he's also defending his health care law, amid calls to some republicans to shut down the government over defunding the health care law. we heard echoes of that in the republican weekly address, which was delivered today who argues that the affordable care act is actually costing tax payers more dollars. we're getting a glimpse of the budget battles we will see play out in the fall when they try to hash out the budget and the debt ceiling. i can tell you i have been speaking with congressional leaders who say there isn't an appetite for shutting down the government. that doesn't mean these issues will be easy to hash out. so president obama is trying to really frame the debate, if you will, alex, ahead of those fall fiscal fights. we saw him take a number of trips in the lead up to his martha's vineyard vacation. i think we have a graphic of
>> well, alex, president obama defending his health care law. of course there was the delay of the employer man tate. he is making the case that ultimately this will be better into the majority of americans. he's also defending his health care law, amid calls to some republicans to shut down the government over defunding the health care law. we heard echoes of that in the republican weekly address, which was delivered today who argues that the affordable care act is actually costing tax...
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it's not enough to oppose obama care. now, republicans should oppose obama care. it's falling apart in front of our eyes. we're seeing rate increases, even though the president is out therevery day saying health insurance is going to be cheaper for everyone. but the party needs an agenda where they can say this is how we want to help people get health insurance that's affordable, that's renewable, that's going to be for them, there for them when they're sick. >> and they're not going to get any help in the congress because it's a congress that has intentionally not put forward any kind of positive policy agenda. >> right. >> well, they, quite frankly, need a nominee that's not based on republicans in congress. they don't need an obstructionist agenda. they need some sort of positive agenda, and i think that's why there was some power in what newt gingrich said. >> so, we're talking about the republican party. we're coming up on an anniversary that is going to give the president an opportunity to highlight some presidential leadership moments. we're talking about t
it's not enough to oppose obama care. now, republicans should oppose obama care. it's falling apart in front of our eyes. we're seeing rate increases, even though the president is out therevery day saying health insurance is going to be cheaper for everyone. but the party needs an agenda where they can say this is how we want to help people get health insurance that's affordable, that's renewable, that's going to be for them, there for them when they're sick. >> and they're not going to...
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a top foreign policy adviser to putin blamed obama. saying, quote, this very problem underlines the fact the united states is still not ready to build relations on an equal basis. the president will still go to russia to attend the g-20 economic summit taking place in st. petersburg. what he's doing is snubbing putin in moscow. the decision to scrap the meeting puts the already cold u.s./russia relationship in a deep freeze. and represents the failure of the so-called reset with russia the administration laid out a few years ago. >> the last few years have seen a dangerous rift in the relations between russia and the members of our alliance. it's time, to paraphrase president obama, it's time to press the reset button. >> the pursuit of power is no longer a zero sum game. progress must be shared. that's why i have called for a reset in relations between the united states and russia. >> now, the president in moscow in 2009, he did take time to cultivate a good relationship with putin's predecessor dimitri medeyec. the u.s. helped russia
a top foreign policy adviser to putin blamed obama. saying, quote, this very problem underlines the fact the united states is still not ready to build relations on an equal basis. the president will still go to russia to attend the g-20 economic summit taking place in st. petersburg. what he's doing is snubbing putin in moscow. the decision to scrap the meeting puts the already cold u.s./russia relationship in a deep freeze. and represents the failure of the so-called reset with russia the...
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but, you know, early on msnbc, jory reid was differentiating ted cruz and president obama. a lot of that criticism, there was a sense of otherness of president obama being born in kenya, which was seen as more sinister than someone who was born in calgary, canada. so i think those are two very big differences. one other point, if ted cruz does run for the presidency and becomes president, the only time that people could even look into whether he qualifies for being natural born and the requirement is once you're in the oval office. so he can run for president. there could be no courts who end up looking at this. all it would take would be one lawsuit from somebody if ted cruz one day becomes president in 2017 or beyond. >> all right. thank you very much, mark. pleasure having you on. >>> the head start program has just been hit with the worst cuts in its nearly 50-year history. this fall more than 57,000 low-income children will be denied a place in the program because of federal budget cuts. the cuts, a result of sequestration, slash $400 million from the federal program.
but, you know, early on msnbc, jory reid was differentiating ted cruz and president obama. a lot of that criticism, there was a sense of otherness of president obama being born in kenya, which was seen as more sinister than someone who was born in calgary, canada. so i think those are two very big differences. one other point, if ted cruz does run for the presidency and becomes president, the only time that people could even look into whether he qualifies for being natural born and the...
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president obama really trying to frame the argument this weekend. he's going to hit the road again next week when he gets back. a two-day bus tour which will take him to buffalo, syracuse and scranton where he will be joined by vice president joe biden. he's a big favorite there among voters. that should get a lot of attention. the president really trying to frame the debate. he'll be talk about college affordability. some of the other issues he talked on involved winding down fannie mae and freddie mac. really trying to map out his larger fiscal goals. all of this is to tee up the fights we'll see unfold in the fall which is the budget and also the debt ceiling which has been a big point of contention in the past. >> i know we have both said how we're looking forward to talking about that. >> reporter: oh, yes. >>> let's get to some more front page politics. a pennsylvania judge has ruled the state cannot enforce its voter i.d. law during the upcoming election. it also barred from having local election officials from telling voters that photo i.d.s
president obama really trying to frame the argument this weekend. he's going to hit the road again next week when he gets back. a two-day bus tour which will take him to buffalo, syracuse and scranton where he will be joined by vice president joe biden. he's a big favorite there among voters. that should get a lot of attention. the president really trying to frame the debate. he'll be talk about college affordability. some of the other issues he talked on involved winding down fannie mae and...
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a texas republican congressman blake farenthold believes the house has the votes to impeach obama. he made the comments while responding to a question over the legitimacy over the president's birth certificate. >>> new york senator kirsten gillibrand has inked a book deal. it will be both a memoir and call to action for women to become more involved in politics. financial terms have not been disclosed. >>> and south carolina governor nikki haley will finally announce plans to run for a second term. she's seen her poll numbers slip in recent months. her democratic opponent has already announced plans to challenge her again. >>> and that's your morning's dish of "scrambled politics." >>> and our first look at the weather, i'm joined by bill karins. >> morning. rainy tuesday. i know. nap day. >> well, maybe. >> if we should be so lucky. >> it's not happening for me either. this morning we're going to deal with some travel issues out there for a lot of us. bring the umbrella if it's not raining already. flash flooding problems. flash flood watched for about 10 million or maybe even 20
a texas republican congressman blake farenthold believes the house has the votes to impeach obama. he made the comments while responding to a question over the legitimacy over the president's birth certificate. >>> new york senator kirsten gillibrand has inked a book deal. it will be both a memoir and call to action for women to become more involved in politics. financial terms have not been disclosed. >>> and south carolina governor nikki haley will finally announce plans to...
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again, he's back to criticizing obama and xriticizing obama on his leadership and you hear rhetoric come into his speeches. >> worked for him this rhetorical stuff on the national stage. you talk to democrats all over the country. that's the guy they like, they like chris christie. they can see themselves supporting chris christie. showing a shift getting behind democratic candidate for governor here. if that's something you might expect could happen on the national level as he comes out. right now i feel like his national identity are still republican democrats like. >> i think they need to switch that out. if democrats are smart, they could compare and say this guy is no different than all the people you think, so, please do a reset and please do not think that chris christie owns some sweater vests and he wears them out and looks like a guy you know. >> it's the fleece. see, you're merging him with the republicans already. >> you went from pants to you're a whole outfit. >> i know. i really think that is the biggest mistake and we do it, the democrats do it all the time. it's like the
again, he's back to criticizing obama and xriticizing obama on his leadership and you hear rhetoric come into his speeches. >> worked for him this rhetorical stuff on the national stage. you talk to democrats all over the country. that's the guy they like, they like chris christie. they can see themselves supporting chris christie. showing a shift getting behind democratic candidate for governor here. if that's something you might expect could happen on the national level as he comes out....
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he's on the wrong side of obama care. he's on the wrong side of economic policies that's pick being away at our economy. cory booker has failed as mayor of newark and fail as senator from new jersey. i'll represent the core values of our state that i've gone up with. cory booker is too liberal for new jersey and the entire country. >> let's talk about the republican party as a whole you're looking to them to support you. but there's a big rift in the party. you have mitch mcconnell facing a huge primary bolt with matt bevin. priebus wrapping up the meetings, he said they should avoid labels, use this word republican. >> it depends what they mean by that. we need to return to a country that embraces small business not big government. country that protects us from our enemies not spy on us. that's the direction goipt. i want america to be a country ever limited government that releases the limited ability of americans to produce. i don't care if you call it conservative, libertarian, that's what i stand for. >> you talked a
he's on the wrong side of obama care. he's on the wrong side of economic policies that's pick being away at our economy. cory booker has failed as mayor of newark and fail as senator from new jersey. i'll represent the core values of our state that i've gone up with. cory booker is too liberal for new jersey and the entire country. >> let's talk about the republican party as a whole you're looking to them to support you. but there's a big rift in the party. you have mitch mcconnell facing...
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i wonder, you know, you guys, no label, started in the obama era. i've always been curious about it because to me watching what's played out the last four years, at least nationally, i know it can be different, like in a state like kentucky, but nationally watching it played out has told me there's no room for a group like no labels. you have an opposition republican party right now that says no to everything because the goal is to deny the appearance of bipartisanship. >> the last couple years have been aiwful for the country but great for no labels. what's happening is proving our thesis, which is not a post-partisan world. those that loved obama's message at that point have been more realistic and realized there's no thing as post-partisanship. partisanship is very good. the problem no labels has is hyperpartisanship. cory booker's message is a little different than obama '04 where he's saying, i'm a proud democrat and there will be certain issues, whether it's marriage equality or choice, we're not going to find a compromise on. we'll take our s
i wonder, you know, you guys, no label, started in the obama era. i've always been curious about it because to me watching what's played out the last four years, at least nationally, i know it can be different, like in a state like kentucky, but nationally watching it played out has told me there's no room for a group like no labels. you have an opposition republican party right now that says no to everything because the goal is to deny the appearance of bipartisanship. >> the last couple...
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and that's something the president, president obama reflected on during an event at a university in upstate new york earlier today. >> 50 years after the march on washington and i have a dream speech, obviously, we made enormous strides. i'm a testament to it, you're a testament to it. the diversity of this room and, you know, the students that are here is a testimony to it. and that impulse towards making sure everybody gets a fair shot is one that found expression in the civil rights movement and then spread to include latinos and immigrants and gays and lesbians and what's wonderful to watch is that the younger generation seems, each generation seems wiser in terms of wanting to treat people fairly and do the right thing and not discriminate. and that's a great victory that we should all be very proud of. on the other hand, i think what we've also seen is the legacy of discrimination, slivery, jim cro crowe, has meant that, you know, some of the institutional barriers for success for a lot of groups still exist. >> a lot still exists, which is why on tomorrow 50 years later we gather at
and that's something the president, president obama reflected on during an event at a university in upstate new york earlier today. >> 50 years after the march on washington and i have a dream speech, obviously, we made enormous strides. i'm a testament to it, you're a testament to it. the diversity of this room and, you know, the students that are here is a testimony to it. and that impulse towards making sure everybody gets a fair shot is one that found expression in the civil rights...
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mccain and graham urge the obama administration to suspend u.s. assistance to egypt, making clear to the current leadership of the country what steps we believe are necessary to halt egypt's descent. john mccain has been opposed to the continuation of aid to that country. the two men both recently went there to egypt as emissaries for the administration and are calling for further action. those live pictures from cairo, egypt. >>> before we end this hour, we want to look at what stories will make headlines in the next 24 hours. chris is back with us now. chris, you'll allow us to indull engine a little lit of light sports fair. president yankees and a-rod, his first crack at boston. more importantly, the boston fans have their first crack at him. >> you've got that right. i predict loud booing and a bad weekend for a-rod with the latest allegations. this story goes from bad to worse. i think the yankees from a pr standpoint would wish it would all just go away. obviously, he's appealing his basically year and a half long suspension and can play un
mccain and graham urge the obama administration to suspend u.s. assistance to egypt, making clear to the current leadership of the country what steps we believe are necessary to halt egypt's descent. john mccain has been opposed to the continuation of aid to that country. the two men both recently went there to egypt as emissaries for the administration and are calling for further action. those live pictures from cairo, egypt. >>> before we end this hour, we want to look at what...
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obama said. well yes, but a president's job is to give them that confidence, not to undermine that confidence. >> richard? >> it's interesting "the new york times" had an editorial saying the president didn't go far enough, "wall street journal" has an editorial saying the president went too far. the president preserved the programs and introduced some new processes, outsiders looking at it, advocacy proceedings in the special courts. before i could tell, listening to his press conference and the associated documents nothing changed in terms of what nsa and the u.s. intelligence -- >> congressmen complaining about this saying the president's tying his own hands and making america weaker. >> all he talked about was outsiders reviewing the program and having someone who with would stand up in the fisa courts, challenging it. 99.99% of the programs tend to be approved within the courts. if something actually changes down the road you can have this conversation. so far at least, the president seems t
obama said. well yes, but a president's job is to give them that confidence, not to undermine that confidence. >> richard? >> it's interesting "the new york times" had an editorial saying the president didn't go far enough, "wall street journal" has an editorial saying the president went too far. the president preserved the programs and introduced some new processes, outsiders looking at it, advocacy proceedings in the special courts. before i could tell,...
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president obama always talks him into staying. this time he's telling his associates in the white house, no, i really mean it. i got to be out of here by september. wouldn't surprise me at all if it turns out september turns into october and a few more months after that. >> nicolle wallace -- >> real debate, obama wants him to say and sounds like rouse wants to go. >> you're nodding your head, time to get out of the white house. >> deeply held fantasy of every white house staffer to announce their resignation. you spend an inordinate amount of time planning and dreaming about your resignation, not because you don't love the president you serve, but you miss the daylight and the seasons. >> it's a grind. >> all the things -- it's a privilege and honor to serve but on the human level, it's an extraordinary grind and anyone that's been there since in the beginning is not only nearing a team when they're probably truly burned out but past that point. >> pete has been there since the beginning. thank you so much. we'll see you. >> comi
president obama always talks him into staying. this time he's telling his associates in the white house, no, i really mean it. i got to be out of here by september. wouldn't surprise me at all if it turns out september turns into october and a few more months after that. >> nicolle wallace -- >> real debate, obama wants him to say and sounds like rouse wants to go. >> you're nodding your head, time to get out of the white house. >> deeply held fantasy of every white...